. >> steve clemens is this a case of the president simply doing what he said he was going to do? >> when the president was elected, i wrote a piece at the time saying he would have to find his inner richard nixon. i meant he would have to figure out how to pry ortize, had to focus on one and to achieve something so big, that in mixon's, it's what he has done here is really run right against very rough water. a lot of opposition. he is changing the course of what we think aspirationally is possible. and in my view, in a complete opposition to the prime minister, president obama is making the world a much safer place by diffusing this war track we have been on with iran. >> let's go back to listening to the president in 2008 on meet the press talking about this issue. or not. okay. i guess we will. >> as i indicated before to rally the international community, to engage direct talks, to send a clear signal about the consequences but also to send a signal that if they are willing to stand down that we can provide them with the kind of assistance that they need in order to help their